- Team Leader
- Senior Speech Pathologist
- Gold Coast (South)
I am a Speech Pathologist with a Master of Speech and Language Pathology and a Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences. I am passionate about supporting people of all ages to develop meaningful and effective ways to communicate. I aim to help each person build connections, express themselves, participate more fully in everyday life and increase their independence.
- Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
- AAC assessment, device trials & assistive technology recommendations
- Eye-gaze, alternative access & partner-assisted communication
- Complex communication needs & disability
- Speech & language assessment & intervention
- Literacy assessment & intervention
- Feeding & swallowing support
- Telehealth services
About
Crystal has extensive experience working with a wide range of children and adults with speech, language, swallowing and communication difficulties. She has worked across a variety of settings including aged care facilities, online telehealth services, schools, kindergarten, and home visits. Crystal takes an individualised and collaborative approach to therapy. She works closely with clients, families, educators, support workers and multidisciplinary teams to develop practical communication strategies that can be used across everyday environments.
Before becoming a speech pathologist, Crystal spent five years supporting autistic children across school, early childhood and home settings. This experience contributed to her ongoing interest in early intervention, disability and complex communication.
Additional Training Completed
- Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display & Language (PODD)
- PODD Alternative Access
- Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP)
- Liberator AAC training
- Developing Communication, Learning & Access Skills for Children Who Face Severe Physical & Multiple Challenges
- Introduction to Auslan 1
- Responsive Feeding House Model – paediatric feeding assessment & therapy
- The Hanen program ‘It Takes Two To Talk’ (for children with language delays)
- Speech Pathology with Trans & Gender Diverse People
- Read3 Literacy workshop
- Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention
- The Coaching Leader workshop
